Ron Gass is an attorney specializing in reinsurance and insurance law, commercial arbitrations, and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Gass has over 40 years of legal experience, 35 years of which have been devoted to the practice of reinsurance and insurance law. Since establishing his arbitration practice in January 2002, Mr. Gass has served as either an arbitrator or umpire in over 135 reinsurance arbitrations involving a wide range of complex, contentious, and high-stakes commercial disputes.
Mr. Gass has held senior executive positions as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of an international reinsurer, Assistant General Counsel for a preeminent national property/casualty insurance trade association, and General Counsel of a medical malpractice insurer. His extensive reinsurance and insurance experience includes:
- Coverage disputes involving various lines of business including:
- Asbestos and environmental liability
- General liability and casualty insurance
- Property and catastrophe insurance
- Workers’ comp carve-outs
- Medical malpractice liability
- Medical stop loss insurance
- Reinsurance collections
- MGA and pool transactions and disputes
- Surety reinsurance
- Ocean marine and aviation reinsurance
- Reinsurance contract wordings and interpretation
- Reinsurance intermediary and insurance agent disputes and E&O issues
- Commutations